According to papers filed in a New York court this week, Salma Hayek’s husband François-Henri Pinault is the father of supermodel Linda Evangelista’s son Augustin. Born in October 2006, he is just one year older than Salma’s daughter Valentina. Linda, 46, has always kept the identity of her son’s dad a secret, but she is now seeking support from the billionaire businessman.

“In the filing, it says the child ‘was born out of wedlock to [petitioner] Linda Evangelista, 46, and that [Pinault] acknowledged [her] allegation,'” a source tells People. “It says, ‘It is decided that Pinault is the father of [Evangelista’s son], Augustin James.’ “

According to the New York Post, Augustin was conceived when Salma and Francois-Henri were separated. They later reconciled, splitting once more in 2008 before tying the knot a year later.

No word on just how much Linda is asking for, but the figure is probably a big one: François-Henri is the CEO of $28 billion company PPR, which owns luxury brands including Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci and Balenciaga.

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5 Responses to Salma Hayek’s husband has a secret son with Linda Evangelista

Denasays:

July 2, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Wow, sad for Salma. And why does Evangelista need child support? It’s not like she’s hurting for money. If she were seeking a relationship between son and father, that would be one thing, but for money?

I understand why she’s filing. Support comes right along with parental responsibilities. The two ideas are not mutually exclusive. It doesn’t matter if she needs the money or not; a father (or mother for that matter) needs to be personally and fiscally responsible for their child. This guy doesn’t get off the hook just because he’s rich. Just like men who stay purposefully unemployed so that they don’t have to pay as much child support, they could go to jail for that.

spacedchic00says:

July 2, 2011 at 8:11 pm

I don’t get why she is filing now. Whether it’s financially motivated only or if she is seeking to build a relationship between father and son, seems like it would have been better when the child was born. Makes me wonder if she is upset about something on a more personal level.

Since he’s not contesting it, I suspect the only people this was a “secret” from are the public. The reasons she’s filing now are most likely legal. He most likely was supporting the son financially, but to include him in a will (and not have it contested by other heirs), he needs to be the proven father. It helps if that proof comes in the form of regular payments as he grows up. Child support is also deducted from your gross income (and if he had been giving them money as something other than support it would be seen as a gift). By having the court declare the given support amount, he gets to deduct that amount from his AGI. Really, it’s just not anyone’s business but theirs.

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